Entering Week 11 of the season, several area teams are still alive in the College Football Playoff race.
Three area teams — Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma — all appeared in the initial College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday. Not there was SMU, which after an upset of Miami, and a Georgia Tech loss to NC State, suddenly has a legitimate path at making the ACC championship.
As teams fight for a spot in the top 12, the Dallas Morning News’ experts are back to pick 20 Week 11 games, both straight and against the spread.
Topping our area matchups, No. 8 Texas Tech is hosting No. 7 BYU in a matchup with major playoff and Big 12 implications. The Red Raiders are favored by 10.5 points.
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In other area matchups, No. 3 Texas A&M faces No. 22 Missouri on the road, SMU travels to face Boston College and TCU hosts Iowa State.
Predictions for those games and many others around the nation can be found below.
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